From nobody Mon Feb 9 12:01:32 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.183.28; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=mx1.redhat.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1569337451; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=fPh2ESF7/9Q89o+SRbKGqEdbid44NfJwQxdppKhd9gdxPWrmPC3dUrRY0+prMJ0W4OVr2NUWjLiKYWmV/AQSkmh6o3C+HgPXKeOohA0188rxQjUGD1gT+20gIs/HpN2OBN5M6SICBFiCUTNF72VII6XHuB/WB43dLeOq51zbkv0= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1569337451; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:In-Reply-To:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Sender:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=hIckg8CjR6dVNYHvfctweijgLqSG2m96qLQOP8FBWQs=; b=QLS2eIjUv88iuQ+is+VLnumooYrhFoZQ5pSZDhMtCc6vGCAw/DHCjV/tyrFKEW4TlAzZfxV3gX2r9E0bfTMDO/2o7i443+gwkgYWRPii0VBJyFA90nfqpmUvLevtO1MlcPjqLbmQ1fqkQ+4Gb7EyhLAryObjRZT5LLrDur2h62M= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass header.from= (p=none dis=none) header.from= Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1569337451077541.6925470093768; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:04:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E30B10C093F; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (colo-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED34F10013D9; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.19.33]) by colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35EA24ED21; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x8OF43MH027800 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:04:03 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 563EF5D9DC; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from catbus.gsslab.fab.redhat.com (dhcp-32.gsslab.fab.redhat.com [10.33.9.32]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB6465D9D5; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:02 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= To: libvir-list@redhat.com Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:58:42 +0100 Message-Id: <20190924145903.17123-2-berrange@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190924145903.17123-1-berrange@redhat.com> References: <20190924145903.17123-1-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [libvirt] [PATCH v3 01/22] docs: document that C & Python are the preferred languages X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.66]); Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:04:09 +0000 (UTC) Blacklist Perl and Shell code in favour of Python for sake of readability and portability. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- docs/hacking.html.in | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in index 90376968c3..edf2f54ce3 100644 --- a/docs/hacking.html.in +++ b/docs/hacking.html.in @@ -343,6 +343,36 @@ Richard Jones' guide to working with open source projects.

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Language Usage

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+ The libvirt repository makes use of a large number of programming + languages. It is anticipated that in the future libvirt will adopt + use of other new languages. To reduce the overall burden on develope= rs, + there is thus a general desire to phase out usage of some of the + existing languages. +

+ +

+ The preferred languages at this time are: +

+ +
    +
  • C - for the main libvirt codebase. Dialect supported by + GCC/CLang only.
    • +
  • Python - for supporting build scripts / tools. Code must + run with both version 2.7 and 3.x at this time.
    • +
+ +

+ Languages that should not be used for any new contributions: +

+ +
    +
  • Perl - build scripts must be written in Python instead.
    • +
  • Shell - build scripts must be written in Python instead.
    • +
+

Tooling

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